OBJETS D'affection DE MIAMI
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CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: Interior designers Ruby Ramirez and Alison Antrobus at Ocean design duo House; the Ocean House ALISON ANTROBUS OBJETS library combines gilded accents and modern & RUBY RAMIREZ twists on traditional elements (“Design is about creating a With an impressive project list narrative and a sense of that includes Icon Brickell and theater,” notes Ramirez); Prime 112 in Miami, Alison d’affection the Palazzo del Sol north lobby on Miami’s Antrobus and Ruby Ramirez exclusive Fisher Island have consistently been and the penthouse tapped as a creative force for at Ocean House are among the duo’s major product manufacturers DE MIAMI current projects. and design projects since they began partnering in 2011. The Miami design enters a new era as starchitects, international art lovers, and now two met while working at the the MAISON & OBJET AMERICAS decorative arts fair flock to South Florida. helm of the Miami office of the internationally acclaimed by JEAN NAYAR photography by GARY JAMES property and design develop- ment firm Yoo, which works with design stars Philippe Starck, Jade Jagger, Kelly Hoppen, and Marcel Wan- ders on multifaceted urban development projects such as the new 65-acre Metropica in Sunrise, Florida, as well as others in Mumbai, Singapore, Moscow, and Buenos Aires. Though their training and ex- perience are rooted in interior design—both are architects with award-winning residen- tial, restaurant and hotel, retail, and private jet projects under their belts—each is ap- plying her design skills to new realms. Antrobus is making a mark in the fashion world with her revolutionary patented handbag, called the Antrobus Bag, and Ramirez is fusing her love of artisanal craft and international travel in a jewelry collection she plans to launch later this year. “Design is about creating a narrative and a sense of theater,” says Ramirez. “Theater for me is the emotion that carries you, that lingering impres- sion and at times a sense of wonderment.” Evidence of this idea will soon be seen in New Yorkers often like to refer to New York as the center of the create their buildings. Now, not only are there arguably more the common spaces of the universe. But if you were a top-caliber architect or designer any- world-class architects designing luxury hotels, signature condo - Muse condominium, which where in the world right now, you’d probably be more inclined to miniums, high-profile cultural institutions, and even landmark they are currently working on reserve that claim for Miami. garages here than anywhere else in the US, but flocks of wealthy in collaboration with build- ing architect Carlos Ott, and Thanks in part to the sophisticated international crowd that North and Latin Americans, Europeans, Russians, and Chinese the Palazzo del Sol on Fisher regularly attends Art Basel in Miami Beach, the demand for have been arriving in droves to partake of the first-class city Island. Antrobus + Ramirez, residences and hotels commensurate with their tastes have upped Miami is becoming, partly as a result of their influence. 7636 NE Fourth Ct., Ste. the ante on Miami’s architecture scene. Savvy developers such To sate this sophisticated crowd’s appetite for high design, new 112, Miami, 786-420-2996; as The Related Group, Swire Properties, and Terra Group, who waves of furniture, product, and fashion designers from all over the antrobusramirez.com under stood the value of name-brand designers as marketing globe are setting up shop in the rarefied Miami Design District as tools for their new developments, began enlisting top names to well as in the edgier and more affordable Wynwood and Ironside PENTHOUSE) RAMIREZ (LOBBY, ANTROBUS OF COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY 200 OCEANDRIVE.COM OCEANDRIVE.COM 201 Charlotte Dunagan in the sitting area of a master bedroom of a residence The modern living room is she designed in Miami replete with sophisticated Beach. BELOW, FROM TOP: artwork and a free-standing The family wanted to sculpture (God of Some give their modern home Things, 2011, by artist an open feeling to take Huma Bhabha) against a french import advantage of the views, paneled wall that hides while creating a cozy a door to the kitchen. CHARLOTTE and relaxed place for DUNAGAN their children; using a neutral palette, Dunagan in the living room mixed Since moving from France Anglo-Indian pieces and to Miami almost 20 years slipcovered upholstery made of outdoor fabrics ago, designer Charlotte for easy maintenance. Dunagan has been making Overall, the effect is one her sophisticated mark of clean-lined, warm, inviting spaces. on large-scale, high-end residences and boutique commercial projects throughout South Florida. Dunagan began to cultivate DESIGN HUB an eye for collectible art Not-to-be-missed and furnishings under the showrooms and shops tutelage of her parents— around Miami. her mother was an interior designer, her father an 4141 DESIGN antiques dealer—when she Anyone interested in sitting was growing up in Paris back and relaxing in plush and traveling with them style should consider Maxalto’s Solatium, the throughout Europe. She latest sofa by Antonio later began her formal arts Citterio available at education at the MGM 4141 Design, the largest School of Design in Nice, furniture showroom of France, and completed it enclaves nearby, expanding the nexus of the design exceptional European at the Art Institute of Fort brands in the US. 4141 community north and south along Biscayne Boulevard. Lauderdale, where she NE Second Ave., #115, Solidifying Miami’s ascendance in the global design fir- graduated with honors Miami, 305-572-2900; mament is the arrival of Maison & Objet Americas, the before launching her own 4141design.com preeminent French decorative arts trade show, which interior design business ARTEFACTO launches in Miami Beach this month. in Coral Gables. Since For more than 35 years, then, Dunagan has relied Artefacto has been creating DESIGNING THE SKY on her wide range of some of the most Over the past several years, a serious flock of interna- international resources to sought-after contemporary tional talent—starchitects, if you will—began shifting find undiscovered materials and classic interiors in the and one-of-a-kind pieces the aesthetic of Miami’s new buildings. They include world. Born in Brazil, the to create inherently unique OMA, the firm of legendary Dutch architect Rem Artefacto brand has interiors that reflect her exploded in America, with Koolhaas; New York- and Toronto-based Yabu Pushel- clients’ personality and retail stores located in berg; Pritzker Prize-winning London-based architect individual style. “When I Coral Gables and Aventura, Zaha Hadid; knighted British architect Sir Norman and shipping all around the first meet [my clients], I globe from Miami. Stores Foster; French designer Philippe Starck; Swiss super- pick up on all the small have recently opened in the stars Herzog & de Meuron; Italian master Piero Lissoni; details that make them Caribbean and Mexico, and New York architect Richard Meier, to name but a who they are—their with rollouts planned for few. All told, the architectural talent enriches the fabric clothing, their accessories, Africa, Europe, and the of the city with what Coconut Grove-based architect even the car they drive Middle East in the next few Max Strang refers to as “the connective tissue” that provides me with the style years. 4440 Ponce de Leon direction that is appropriate Blvd., Ste. 1600, Coral links the new buildings with Miami’s rich design for their home. I’m a Gables, 305-774-0004; legacy—and its environs. strong believer in building artefacto.com The buildings designed by these global starchitects, structures that are timeless BOCA DO LOBO as well as significant local firms such as Arquitectonica, and creating a very For over-the-top luxury Revuelta, and Max Strang Architecture, are a depar- sophisticated background furniture, lighting, rugs, ture from the ubiquitous, safe white boxes seen a that we will love forever.” and accents like the Black generation prior, and they have initiated a movement Charlotte Dunagan Design Diamond safe or the within the real estate community to take historical, Group, 2100 Ponce de Symphony humidor, the Leon Blvd., Ste. 920, Coral newly opened Boca Do social, or environmental context more deeply into Lobo showroom in the account. Part of this movement is a vibrant sense of syn- Gables, 305-438-0130; Miami Design District is a ergy with the surroundings: sculptural building shapes atmospherecreations.com must. 278 NW 37th St., that meld with both lush landscapes and an urban con- Miami; bocadolobo.com text. Think Herzog & de Meuron’s Pérez Art Museum ROOM) LIVING (BEDROOM, DUNAGAN CHARLOTTE OF COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY 202 OCEANDRIVE.COM OCEANDRIVE.COM 203 RIGHT: Nisi Berryman at Niba Berryman’s vision plays Home, her home furnishings on the unexpected: store in the Miami Design Photographer Greg District. “For me, good design Lotus’s rich and dark is as much about function as it is Mask is illuminated by about flourish,” says the former the Cumulus chandelier design junkie design editor for Metropolitan from ABYU Lighting, NYC. Home, who honed her curatorial NISI BERRYMAN approach working for Dacra Development and Tui Pranich, among others. BELOW: The After opening her home Raleigh bed is from Nisi B, Berryman’s newly launched furnishings store, Niba furniture collection, shown with a Home, in the Miami Design turquoise Empire chandelier by District a decade ago, Marjorie Skouras, ivory blown-glass decanters by Joe self-professed “design Cariati, bedding (including the junkie” Nisi Berryman has cashmere blanket) by been consistently catching Threadcount, and rug by Jan Kath; Elephant II, a sculpture of the attention of industry toys and found objects created luminaries like Kelly Wearstler, by Keith Clougherty (Berryman’s son), serves as an eye-catching Nate Berkus, Juan Montoya, accent piece in the store.